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CC Regular Session Meeting Date: 01/08/2019 Submitted For: Grant Riemer, Engineering/Public Works By: MaryJo Warner, Engineering/Public Works 4. 16. Information Title Report from Public Works Committee The Public Works Committee held its regular meeting on December 18, 2018 and discussed the following cases: 1. Highway 47 Landscaping Project: Ratify the recommendation of the Public Works Committee to approve the staff recommendation and forward Resolution #19-11 to the full Council for consideration. 2. Consider Recommendation to City Council to Accept Petition Opposing Improvement Project #19-02, Brookview Estates Street Reconstructions: Ratify the recommendation of the Public Works Committee to accept the petition as valid and direct staff to mail letters to all benefiting property owners to clearly define the project, ramifications of signing the petition and options to withdraw their signature if desired. 3. Review Drainage Concerns at 17290 Germanium Street NW: Ratify the concensus of the Committee and Mr. Aberle for Mr. Thomsen to complete the driveway improvements including grading and two eight -inch culverts, and for Staff to collect topographic data along Mr. Aberle's west property line and around and adjacent to his garage and driveway. 4. Consider Request to Modify Traffic Control at Bunker Lake Boulevard, Puma Street and Rabbit Street Intersection: Ratify the consensus of the Committee to leave the stop signs as is for the time being. Staff Updates on Improvement Projects and Items of Interest: City Engineer Westby noted that the January Public Works Committee meeting has been canceled as there is a conflict with the road funding open house on January 15, 2019. Purpose/Background: 1. Highway 47 Landscaping Project: to improve the landscaping along Highway 47 from roughly Xkimo Street to the south and Barium Street to the north. The project falls under MnDOT's Community Roadside Landscape Partnership Program. MnDOT's Office of Environmental Stewardship provides technical and financial support to communities to install and maintain landscape plantings on eligible state highway rights of way. MnDOT would partner with the City of Ramsey by providing the service of their landscape architect to design the landscaping for the project and also provide financial assistance to buy plant materials. The City of Ramsey would provide the manpower to install the plantings and would also be responsible for ongoing maintenance, such as weeding of the plan beds and watering. MnDOT provided a design plan for the project that was included in the case. The next step in the process is to pass a resolution stating that the City of Ramsey is willing to enter into a Cooperative Agreement with MnDOT to execute the project. Motionratify the recommendation of the Public Works Committee to approve the staff recommendation and forward Resolution #19-11 to the full Council for consideration. 2. Consider Recommendation to City Council to Accept Petition Opposing Improvement Project #19-02, Brookview Estates Street Reconstructions: City Engineer Westby stated that City Improvement Project No. 19-02 proposes to reconstruct streets within the Brookview Estates neighborhood including 173rd Avenue and Germanium Street. Per the Feasibility Report, twenty-one (21) properties are considered to benefit from the improvements and Staff recommended applying 25-percent of eligible project costs equally across the 21 assessable properties using the "per lot" assessment method. Eligible project costs include everything except subgrade corrections and guardrail modification costs. This resulted in a proposed preliminary assessment rate of $4,418.30 per assessable parcel. City Engineer Westby stated that following the Public Hearing on November 13th, the property owner at 17230 Germanium Street requested a petition template to use in gathering signatures in opposition to this Council initiated improvement project as provided by Section 8.4.5 of the City Charter, City Engineer Westby stated that on December 3rd, the property owner delivered a petition with 15 signatures on it to City Staff but Staff rejected it noting that the top of the petition had no clarifying language on it leading to concerns that the